Trying to back up iPad. get"haven't backed up in 5 weeks..."

Trying backup my iPad and sync with iTune. The message box "you haven't backed up in 5 weeks...." won't go away. I keep pressing okay but nothing happens.
What do I do?
Also for some reason my iMac in App Store has a very old user id for iMovie and iTunes that I had when I first bought my Mac Book Pro in 2009. Because of major problems with Google and other problems I changed my user id. But now when I get updates on certain apps the orginal user id shows up and of course I don't remember what password I used. I have several times changed the user id to my new one in the App acount but still every now and then when I get an update I have to go through the whole again. This time however it wants me to change the password and I am afraid to change the password just for the old user id because it may mess up everything.
Any suggestions.

jcpete60 wrote:
Trying backup my iPad and sync with iTune. The message box "you haven't backed up in 5 weeks...." won't go away. I keep pressing okay but nothing happens.
What do I do?
Perform a Reset...
Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Release the Buttons.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

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